Example sentences of "[noun sg] fall into [art] " in BNC.

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1 I shook the can , and felt the snake fall into the leg .
2 It is so easy for Western protestantism to fall into the trap of thinking that the last week of Jesus ' life is all-important .
3 When burned the clinker fell into a lower chamber where it was cooled by the upward stream of air entering the bottom of the kiln .
4 He was hanging head down ; blood fell into the snow .
5 Cotton wool falls into the first category .
6 The tall and helpful Saint Agostino stood surrounded by disasters , someone was attacked by a wolf , a child fell from a window , a horse fell into a ravine .
7 She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do .
8 The Countess fell into a disapproving silence as a young and handsome British officer offered Lucille a low and evidently uncorseted bow .
9 After the failure of a ‘ respectable ’ revolution in 1819 the conspiracy fell into the hands of young officers and Masons who used the mysterious procedures of the sect in order to hide the fact that they did not have the ‘ old gang 's ’ financial backing for the reward of wholesale desertion .
10 Place in a pan without water and cook gently until the rhubarb falls into a pulp .
11 An hour later , the Princess fell into a restful sleep , still holding tightly to Caroline 's hand .
12 A cowboy falls into the horse trough , which is full of bright blue water .
13 A man is standing on the bank of a treacherous river at the instant a child falls into the river , nearby .
14 Many can be found in Department of Energy publications , and much of the work falls into the domain of site engineers in terms of replacing tungsten filament lamps with fluorescent fittings , boiler plant optimisation , insulation and so on .
15 The driver jumped clear as his vehicle fell into the river below .
16 Broadcasting falls into the latter category ; and there is an awareness that the BBC reform campaign must be conducted cautiously .
17 This poor boy fell into the river — ’
18 After clinching the Democratic presidential nomination last spring , Clinton 's campaign fell into the doldrums in June as independent Ross Perot climbed into the lead even without formally declaring his candidacy .
19 If I went to Leeds I 'd never go coach falling into the ground .
20 But in the light of the intelligence falling into the hands of the RUC Special Branch , unionists believe the IRA will switch tactics .
21 Ideally , you should fix fine-mesh netting over the surface earlier in the year which will prevent leaves and other debris falling into the pond .
22 Nevertheless the Forest fell into the background of national history : there are infrequent glimpses of how it was affected by the general lawlessness and violence of the times .
23 Except , of course , for the fact that it may take some while before the matter particle falls into the black hole — in which case the Universe has a temporary and minor energy surplus .
24 Fold each side of the rectangle into four or five pleats , and pin them side by side along the top edge of the board so that each pleat falls into a soft fold across the swag , forming a gentle curve ( fig. 46 ) .
25 AN RAF dummy bomb fell into a crowd of German pacifists demonstrating in a military exercise area yesterday , slightly injuring a woman .
26 Perhaps our wine fell into the hands of looters , though we were on the Pakistani side and Muslims are n't supposed to touch alcohol . ’
27 Sir Robert Scholey , the chairman of British Steel , conceded yesterday that the move was largely a defensive one to prevent the business falling into the hands of an overseas predator .
28 The hole for the flange can be made with a large tank cutter or by drilling a circle of small holes and using a padsaw to connect them up , preventing the disc falling into the cylinder .
29 You have admitted that it was I who caused all the evidence to fall into a pattern .
30 Most of them then switched their loyalty to the country 's spiritual leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who was determined not to allow the Islamic revolution to fall into the hands of a man he saw as an opportunist reformer .
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